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Show r . .1 1 .1WESTBROOK WESTBROOK PEGLERThe PEGLER PEGLERThe The Communist InfectionTHROUGHOUT Infection InfectionHHROUGHOUT HHROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT the wrangling wranglmg wranghng over fine questions of the theright theright theright right of congress to ask a witness whether he is a Com Corn Commumst Cornmunist Cornmunist doubtedthis mumst munist , I have been aware that most of those who doubted thIS right never have been disturbed over injustice in m the trials trialsand trialsand trialsand and underthe even less formal mockeries conducted by the unions umons under the monstrous Wagner actWhen actWhen act actWhen When congress asks a man whether be he Is i a Communist the question questionactually questionactually questionactually actually means Are you a sworn enemy of the United Umted States ? In mostIf most if not all cases the Thoma Thomas , committee on un American Americanactivities Americanactivities Americanactivities activities had proof that the witnesses actually were members of the Communist theCommunist party at the t me of their testimonyThe testimonyThe testimony testimonyThe legalright The Communist party is commonly cemmonly believed to have a legal legalright legalright right to exist In tho nation whose destruction by treachery and andforce andforce andforce force is the party a 8 purpose for existing uJStlnl : ' Some of our people thInk thInkU thinkit thinkit U it Is Just cute or amusing-our amusing our amusing - our quaint American way-that way that way - that this Is Isso isso Is10 so but a ganee glance ] & at &t t other places pa.ces paces ] . In the world shows that It Is Isterrlbe isterrible Isterrible terrlbe terrible ] follyThose follyThose tolly folly tollyThose Those who behove beheve believe the party should be allowed allowcd to exist remark with 30vial jovial withlovlal with30vial withjovial condescension tor for our tears feus fears We are ar big and strong enough to tokeep keep our political health and Ignore such sueh a little llttle Infection That li is likearguing like likearguing likearguing bodiesThe bodlesThe arguing that It Is Js a good thing to pick up a few germs in our bodles bodies The bugs are small and lew few but that was so in Russia in 1917 It has Ithas been so m In all the other countries which the Moscow conspiracy has hasconquered hasconquered hasconquered conqueredH conquered * * * * H . 1 . I I . PHILLIPSSoviet PHILLIPS PHILLIPSSoviet PHILLIPS PHILLIPSSoviet Soviet Delegate Objects ! \ Mr \Ir Ir nerschel Hersche Herschel ] Johnson-Mr Johnson Mr Johnson - Mr ChaIr ChaIrman Chairman Chairman man I desire to put a motion some somewhat somewhat somewhat what early recording recordmg this orgamzabon organIza orgamza organIzabon orgamzahon bon hon as wishing everybody a very verymerry verymerry verymerry merry Christmas and a happy New NewYear NewYear NewYear NewYearMr Year YearIIIr YearMr Mr IIIr Vishlnsky-I Vishlnsky I Vishlnsky Vlshinsky - I oppose any such suchmotion suchmotion suchmotion motion as typical of the capltahsUc capitalistic capltahsUcmind capitalisticmind capitalisticmind mind and as another effort to im impose impose 1mpose pose the will of Wall street on the therest therest therest rest of thg the worldI worldMr world I , Mr JohnsonI Johnson -I I - I had assumed that thatwIshIng thatwishing thatwishing wIshIng the world a very merry merryChrIstmas merryChristmas merryChristmas ChrIstmas and a happy New Year Yearmight Yearmight Yearmight might be one $ thing hIng on which we wecould wecould wecould could all agreeMr agreeMr agree agreeMr Mr Vishlnsky Vlshlnsky Vishinsky - - You can t pull pullthe pullthe pullthe the wool over my eyesA eyesA eyes eyesA A French Delegate - Mr ChaIr ChaIrman Chairman Chairman man in a spirit of compromise it itmight itmight itmight might serve the purpose it if we ehmi elimi ehminated eliminated eliminated nated the adjective very which wruch Itake I Itake Itake take it u IS objected to by the Soviet 7\ 7 \ ; 77 7\ 7 ' \ 77 7\ 7 ' \ 77 7\ 7 ' \ 7WALTER WALTER SHEADFarm SHEAD Farm Program DelayedDESPITE Delayed DelayedTESPITE DESPITE T\ESPITE T ESPITE \ the fact that price supports on many farm commoditiesexpire commodities commodltie * - - ' expire December 31 1948 there apparently Is no inclination inchnation on the thepart thepart thepart ' part of congress or even in the farm organization organIZations * here to hurry any anylong anylong long range farm programAlthongh programAlthough program programAlthough Although Althongh the house agricultural agrlcultura ] committee has held extensive extensivehearings extensivehearings extensivehearing hearings here and elsewhere throughout the country which whichdeveloped whichdeveloped whichdeveloped developed almost as many Ideas Jdeas on the farm program as a * there therewere therewere therewere were hearings there appears to be no strong demand for action actionfor actionfor actionfor for severa several ] months to comeThe comeThe come comeThe The eon concensus census seems to be that with farm prices high supplies short shortand shortand shortand and demand strong the thing to do li Is to let things slide for a wh while whileand whileand e eand and let nature take its course It may be that shortly before electiontime election electiontime electiontime time things may start poppetWALTER poppm pOPPIn poppet poppmWALTER * * * * WALTER WINCHEL WINCHELL WINCHELLLint WINCHELL WINCHELLLint Lint From a Blue Serge Suit Izzit Izzlt true that the J P Morgan Morgancompany Morgancompany Morgancompany company has a lawsuit against agamst thestate the thestate thestate state of Pennsylvania Pennsylvama tor for three threebux threebux7 threebux bux bux7 ? ? 7 ? There have been many manyfights manyfights manyfights fights in a bar near 88th and Coum Colum Coumbus Columbus Columbus ] bus avenue - involving RussIans RussIansdwelling Russiansdwelling Russiansdwelling ( dwelling in the vicinity ) and AmerI Amen AmerIcans Amencans Amencans cans Fergoodnessakes Dep t tUp tUp tUp Up to date dictionaries dlchonaries includeCommunazi includeCommunazi Include IncludeCommunazi Communazi The Rooshyuns Rooshyunskeel Rooshyunskeel Rooshyunskeep keel ] ; cussm CUSSIn Americans tor for bemg being beingcap beingcap ' cap tabsts tahsts They Thpy d be in an awfulfix awful awfulfix awfulfix fix if we \ > were ere paupers Al AlBernIe AlBernie AlBerrue BernIe says his ros new six weeks young youngdaughter youngdaughter ; daughter ( Darleen ) is wearing wearmg her herdydees herdydees I dydees the new lengthOne length lengthOne One of Ibelblngs the things we didn dsdn dId " t I al of a prep prepate preciate re l lat at ate at al Ih the Washington Wasblngton H Hwood wood probe probewas probewas rob was If 11 1111 11 85 One film writer uas askeJIf asked askeJ If Ifhe , ifhe f fhe he tier eur ever VISITED a Comm mlSl mist mlSlWhal mistWhat imstWhat Whal What would wOlild that Ihal proves prove rove ' D dn do t I Ih the theconsertahve theconsort onsert811v consertahve alive President Presldelll Pressdent Truman Trllman visitthe tlwl visit tlwlIhe visitthe Ihe the biggest blggesl Communist Commllnlsl ofall of allat all at 81 Potsdam Pols Pots Polsdam Potsdams dams dam ' 1f ' 1 { 1f ' 1 { DREW PEARSONThe PEARSON The Merry-Go-Round Merry Go Round MerryGoRoundOHE MerryGoRoundTHE - - OHE THE White House will W1l1 ask congress to pass another unification bill billnext billnext billnext next session if the Pres dent s blustering 1m mil ] tary aide Maj Ma ] Gen GenHarry GenHarry GenHarry Harry Vaughan has his way This time it is a merger of the natIonal natIonalguard nationalguard nationalguard guard with the army reserve Vaughan is boldly pushing pusrung the merger mergerbackstage mergerbackstage mergerbackstage backstage White House Secretary Charlie Ross is qu etiy ety etly ] promotmt promoting promotmtthe promotingthe promotingthe { the idea of running Clark Clifford Chfford chief assistant to President Truman Trumanagainst Trumanagainst Trumanagainst against GOP Sen Forrest Donnell of Missouri MissouriIt MIssoUrIIf MissouriH It If H the U S government wanted to save money it might take a alesson alesson alesson lesson from the Canadians The Canadian government uses dIs- dIs dIscarded discarded dis discarded - - carded mimeographed press releases and old government reperts reports reportsto repertsto to make envelopes These are folded out&ide outide oublde outside & m in then p-isted p isted p\sted sted pasted ' \ - to- to together together to together - gether in to the form of o ( envelopes Tet Yet Canada supplies us with withmost withmost withmost most of our paper Think Tbink of all the press releases wasted wastcd by byU byU byU U S bureaus every dayt daytPaul day ' Paul Fitzpatrick New York state Democratic chairman tried to get getFrankbn getFranklin gelFranklin Frankbn Franklin D Roosevelt Roosevet ] Jr to run for congress against 1 I beral Republ Repub ] can canJack canJack canJack Jack Javits Javlts next year Young FDR refused Instead he will follow in inhIs inhis inhis hIs father s footsteps and run for the New York state senate senateActor senateActor senateActor Actor Adolphe Adophe ] Menjou soon may repeat in court his scene before the thehouse thehouse thehouse house un American activities committee The suave screen star is Js legally legallyprotected legallyprotected legallyprotected protected from 1 ] bcl bol tor for his statements at the committee hearing hearmg but buthe buthe buthe he made the mistake of repeating h s charges at a Hollywood restaurant restaurantTwo restaurantTwo restaurantTwo Two lawsuits now are being prepared against ngalnst him himWRJGHT * * * 7f * 7fWRIGHT WRJGHT WRIGHT PATTERSON PATTERSONTyrants Tyrants Eventually Will Fall - THROUGHOUT history many peo pea peopIe peapie pie have attempted to bite off offmore offmore offmore more than they could chew have haveoutgrown haveoutgrown haveoutgrown outgrown the capacity of o their theirbritches theirbritches ! britches and have had their ears earsslapped earsslapped I Islapped slapped back tor for their presumptIon presumptIonNapoleon presumptionNapoleon presumptionNapoleon Napoleon and H tier were two nota notabe notable notable be ble ] examples Now James Caesar CaesarPetrillo CaesarPetrillo CaesarPetrillo Petrillo a would be labor czar is delegate as going perhaps farther fartherthan fartherthan I Ithan than is necessary at this timeMr time timeMr I Mr IIIr Vishlnsky Vishinsky-A Vishinsky A - A rascally horsetrade horse horseI horsetrade horsetrade trade ' I . . e . eGOVERNMENT GOVER GOVERVUENT GOVERNMENT IENT ULTIIIIATU11Listen ULTIMATUMListen ULTIMATUM ULTIIIIATU1\1 ULTIIIIATU1 1 ULTIMATUMListen \ Listen little mUe hen henU henH henIf U H you plan on stayln stay-In stay In staytn'Around staytnAround - ' Around the coop yoU yoUDad youhad yonHad Dad had better start stad laym la1m lay-in lay in - . . . A New York hotel will put tele teleVISIon television television VISIon in its rooms at a charge of of$3 of3 $3 3 $ a day extra After paying tor for a ahotel ahotel ahotel hotel room in New York these days dayswhere dayswhere dayswhere where do they get the idea anybody anybodyhas anybodyhas anybodyhas has $3 3 $ $37 37 $ ? . . a . SLICING SUCING FT IT THW THIN THWOne THINOn THINOne On One fellow who has hils never neller had haJ to be beurged beurged beurged . urged to 10 sat sale sate II chicken h , k kn n or turkey tllrkey is a thll the thefellow thefellow fellow who WhD slices slles sll es it II st for fDr the Ihe de delicatessen delicatessenstore delicatessenstore [ , 8lerren 8lerrenslor slor store , samlUll sandwiches b bs s General Genera ] Elsenhower Eisenhower ( slated sated ] to tostart tostart tostart start at Columbia Coumbla ] university In Inmid Inmid inmid mid April ) has requested a 60 60day 60day 60day day leave of af absence to begin beginthe beginthe beginthe the day he becomes prexy pre'Q preQ pre"cy precy ' " This Thiswould Thiswould Thiswould would cover through throngh the Repub Repubcom Repubconvention Eepubcontention com convention enllon in JuneHeadline June JuneHeadline Headline Headine ] Economists Expect ExpectM M Id ld Business Busmess Recession Will Beg n nNext nNext nNext Next Spring Begn979 Begnoy Beg n ? ? ? ' HenryWallace Henry HenryWallace HenryWallace Wallace ( after all all111 all ) ) \ will \\111 111 stump for forMr forMr forMr Mr Truman < ( better than any Re Repubhcan Republican Republican pubhcan publican ) His advisors are work workmg working working mg ing on the ahbi alIbi Herbert Hoover Hooverhopes Hooverhopes Hooverhopes hopes to snare John Hanes former formerU U S treasury undersecretary for forhis forhis torhis his government reorganization com corn comm cornm cornm m ttee Execs on the Redally Redaily Redallythe Redailythe Redailythe the ( ( the Worker ) are ! frantic rantic about the thesteady thesteady thesteady steady circulation slump Sub SubsCrIbers Subscribers Subsenbers sCrIbers apparently are worrIed worrIedabout worriedabout worriedabout about being belDg seen buying a copy and andadvertisers andadvertisers andadvertisers advertisers in it being marked 7 ? - seeking an ear slapping sappmg ] Nothlnk Nothink Nothinkhas Nothinghas , has done so much to make the mass massof massof massof of the world s people music con conscious conscious conscious scious as has has hs , ; the phonograph Now NowPetrIllo NowPetrillo NowPetrillo PetrIllo attempts to blast the res reservolr reservoir reservoir ervolr ervoir by cutt ng off the flow of pho pho- pha phonograph phanograph phonograph - nograph records No mite of a labor labordictator labordictator labordictator dictator can be greater than the thewishes thewishes thewishes wishes of the world s peopit people |